ESI Staff
Marketing requests indicate annual events coming back
The Feb. 22 meeting of the City Advertising and Promotion Commission held a long agenda that included the approval of funding requests that had...
Council segues on committee talk
Despite a relatively short council meeting, budget committee discussion managed to go off-topic several times on Monday evening.
Alderman Autumn Slane told council that she...
Carroll County officially ‘pro-second amendment’ county
The quorum court met Feb. 21, and the first item under new business was a resolution declaring this “a pro-second amendment county.” The item...
Company says leases obtained for wind farm
The proposed $300-million Scout Clean Energy Nimbus Wind Project has obtained all leases needed from landowners in rural Carroll County near Green Forest for...
High-voltage transmission lines will be needed
The Nimbus Wind Project will need to build a high-voltage transmission line less than four miles long to transmit the power from where it...
Can wind farm be built with no environmental permits?
Scout Clean Energy, which is proposing a $300-million Nimbus Wind Farm project in a rural area of Carroll County near Green Forest, said that...
B&B application runs the clock at Planning
The Planning Commission devoted more than a half-hour of its Feb. 14 meeting to an application for a bed and breakfast at 105 Breezy...
Parks hires new director
In an executive session that lasted another an hour, Parks’ commissioners came out with a vote to hire Sam Dudley as Executive Director in...
Contact Arkansas House members regarding STR bill
Lamont Richie recommends people concerned about the Short-Term Rental bill, SB 197, contact every member of the Arkansas House of Representatives. He has sent...
Arkansas Senate defies neighborhood protections
Senate Bill 197, a bill that would prevent any city in the state from prohibiting short-term lodging in residential areas, is moving with lightning...